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Tue Nov 3, 2015, 09:27 AM

Nov 2015

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ahmad-chalabi-leading-voice-behind-iraq-wmd-claims-dies-n456331

However, he had a falling out with the Pentagon following the invasion amid accusations that he had passed information to arch-foe Iran.

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He became a leading figure in Iraq's exiled opposition in the 1990s and cultivated close ties with the future Vice President Dick Cheney and Washington's so-called neo-conservatives, who favored a more muscular U.S. policy in the Middle East.

After the Sept. 11 attacks, Chalabi played a key role in convincing the administration that the Iraqi government had weapons of mass destruction and ties to al Qaeda, unfounded claims at the heart of the case for war.

Following the invasion, Chalabi was appointed to the 25-member Iraqi governing council and earned a seat directly behind First Lady Laura Bush during the 2004 State of the Union.

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